The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-12-30

;s away: nut confess that then the dead
susII ~ tobacco smoke is not so
agreeable. I would, in his absence,
mt his room in order, and have once
or twice attempted 1t, but have re-
oeived ANYTHING but thanks for my OF.
! 6cious service.
Tam-or rather was-little Edith.
Another little Edith is just now gone
to bed, and the four corners OF her
crib are hung with stockings. The
GRAND New Years demonstration IS,
however. in the back parlor, the sec.
ond edition of q huge Christmas tree.
George mo longer little Geordle) will
spoil the child. and tell him SO.
Georges father and mother, and my
father and mother (for Uncle Charlie
is father now, will dine with rs to-
morrow, We dined with MIN on
Christmas day, as We always have
since we were married.
George sits now or the other side OF
his big library light, q wastetnl gas
| consumer. 1 can't make MIN content
With q blaze of proper size; and so
am forced to turn down the parlor
GAS and sit up here, for eeonomy's
sake. when there - nobody in the
house but ourselves. How easy it is
to find excellent reasons for what you
wish to dol But, then, / know if |
did not come and sit with him, he
| would carry his awful pipe
["Get away, Georgel You hateful
man! Your whiskers and mustache
are worse than a Turks and your
meerschaum breath is intolerabie!
| Take that! and thatt"
do not know whether l have hurt
| him or not, for his pachydermatous
skin is tougher than O rhinoceros.
NV own fingers smart and ache so
that can scarce resume my pen.
But here! here! George Merril, Esq,
! counsellor and attorney at law, mas
| struck an attitude, and is going to
make q speech.
"What is the use of this?" holding
up his smoking-cap, ante-nuptial pres
emit from me, "What is the use OF this,
if under it, as O helmet, / am not to
smoked And OF this?" thrusting out
the meerschaum, which ] blush o say
/ gave him in my maiden folly. "What
is the use of this, if l am not TO smoke?
All honor to the German Fatherland,
! which has released us from the costly
tyranny of the cigar, and gives us
| comfort in the celestial clay, which
our sweethearts and wives present to
us!
"You women are the heralds Of
prudence. You have lectured me on
the extravaganza of little Edith's
presents, though you know In your
heart that you enjoy them nor than
she. What is the use of children2"
II trembled a little here. For when
Edith fought me this morning in the
bath.tub asked myself this question.
But / never told George.l
What is the use," ne continued,
'fof children? Listen, Light of my
Eyes, puryeyor OF my pipes and
smoking caps, and thus, theoretically,
ca Gsy Lyash5aFg1 &Ra vii tel yc1.
It is q blessingt hat children come
along in relays, to mark the post
houses IN the journey OF life. But for
the children there never would be any
CONFERENCE.-THE go TIC yemen
and after 40 the men would forget
that ever they were born, if our chill
dren did o keep our birthdays.
christmas would be nothing with.
out the children. And as TO New
Years, that has but a bilious look,
and, without the children, would be
intolerable. Everybody is forced up
on some committee of ways and
means, and stationers advertise new
blank books, as if the old were not
blank enough, and all the blanker for
their entries.
"But for the children we could be
glad to forget that there is such a
thing as q New Year, that there wss
such q thing as an old. But they light
en- ue along the road OF life, and make
the holidays jubilant. Christmas and
New Years are delightful for their
presents, and for the many other
things we buy and do to please chill
dren! Why, there's that duck of q
kwhat-do-you-call-it, you've just
5een embroidering for Edith; where
could we find excuse for such pretty
things, except for the childrenS And
now / will Sit down, amid great APP
pIause."
The applause came in loud screams
from Edithta craaln